IDF strikes Gaza after rockets launched at southern Israel
(Worthy News) – Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, after factions there fired rockets into Israel overnight. The military said it hit a Hamas weapons production and underground facilities. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted the rockets but s one house was hit by parts of a rocket, in the southern city of Sderot causing damage but no injuries.
Israel had been bracing for rocket fire from the Gaza factions during its offensive on the West Bank and had deployed the Iron Dome batteries to the border area and around the center of the country.
The military said earlier that one active serviceman Srg. Major David Yehuda Izhak, 23, from the settlement of Beit El, was killed in Jenin during the IDFs counterterrorism offensive there. He was critically hurt during exchanges of fire in the Jenin refugee camp and was airlifted to hospital but succumbed to his wounds. His family was informed. [ Source (Read More…) ]